Report: Sumlin the top target of USC; keep an eye on Texans

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin is a top target of Southern California, the Los Angeles Daily News wrote this morning. Sumlin addressed the early USC rumors more than a month ago by saying, “It means you’re winning and doing things the right way.”

In early October Sumlin, 49, said it comes down to being one of two types of coaches: When rumors abound you’re going be fired, or hired by someone else. Sumlin also told me in the offseason regarding stories that he’d been courted by the NFL, “We just got here” in terms of getting the Aggies program rolling.

A&M finished fifth last year – its first top five finish since 1956 – in only his first season at A&M. The Aggies are 7-2 so far this season with narrow losses to Alabama (49-42) and Auburn (45-41). Privately, Sumlin’s offered every indication he’d love to stay at A&M, where he once served as an offensive coordinator under R.C. Slocum, but he did tell me over the summer he might consider the NFL “someday.”